Thank you, Elisabeth.
The "adoring women " don't bother me , it's pretty understandable ;-)
however Spike/Spider is of course not acceptable *wink*
Anything resembling Spike having something else than a sexual relationship post Buffy remains extremely hurtful -

I don't suppose they will go for Spangel or Spike/Illyria- my guess is they will try to avoid shippers heated debates.
Thanks for the link to the cover, the drawings seem nicer than the ones from Buffy comics.